rollback

1 of 2

noun

roll·​back ˈrōl-ˌbak 

: the act or an instance of rolling back

a government-ordered rollback of gasoline prices

roll back

2 of 2

verb

rolled back; rolling back; rolls back

transitive verb

1

: to reduce or decrease something

rolling back their mortgage rates

specifically : to reduce (something, such as a commodity price) to or toward a previous level on a national scale

2

: to cause to retreat or withdraw : push back

3

: rescind

attempted to roll back antipollution standards

Synonyms of rollback

Verb

• abolish
• repeal
• cancel
• set aside
• avoid
• strike down
• overturn

Examples of rollback in a Sentence

Noun

a government-ordered rollback of gasoline prices

a rollback in environmental regulations

a rollback of previous wage concessions

Verb

lobbyists for the industry pressured the legislators to roll back the new automotive safety standards

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Despite losing nearly 40% of its funding due to recent DEI rollbacks, Richardson and her staff and executive board have doubled down on their commitment by already providing over $100,000 in seed funding directly to students and their families. —Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

In many cases, the rollbacks have sent families with children who are transgender scrambling to find new options. —Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Verb

But in a recent performance report to Congress, the agency's current leadership wrote that other work has been rolled back or halted. —Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026

Instead, Khamenei’s new regime began policing their lives and rolling back their rights. —Ellie Austin, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1937, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for rollback

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback